The Dillon tribune., 1887-06-03
STORIES OF CRIMINALS
. ,x.upLe OF "HoNEs7v IS THE
An e~N" aEsr POLICY"

y" BEST POL'1''
threatened With ccreoro-
.p,nn, ,'r"'"s'ti.-1ns "',' ,,', ,s ;, ., ,..r,t,-
"'' xocation''-N" Pardon
.- -,,,v, ut the New York state reform. .,
We NV, 1a,s,,is;ry class. One morning the
atosii ais- sai,, "Now, boys, ".,.'n e'. ,tho no
te'eu ~ your opinion whether' lrom .uS
70 pgSs,;nt g1r Of moral cas'listry, honesty sas ~
s.aln,tn 'aa.t nolicy. after az. Jnc o. ,noso
~. ,',, . ,nswered: "l believe that honesty
ie'iu" .he M.st policy, though am noI un
n|'st | u,au myself. l know '"c 1e'Ao"S
hon. Mar, York. who used to be Crooks anu
~ n..re always getting into trouble, on' .ney
'".for,ncd and got IL luck. lucy WIZ
. .ror to philadelphia ana weh' ll.o .uc
s,othnr business, first as CLERKS, unu .ney
s,v so~t right along for eight or nlne years
n.I snl 1inally they got to own an es'aDllsn-
~ mont, and people had confluence ~ ~ s.scn s.,''
md they got credit 10 inc ., ex,eiv 49,. " vJoy ,
900, o and they got away with the ~n0'0
'' Whom "; il, tho Ohio pcnitentiary ono day,
~, vita Of q prisoner, all accomplished
MS wv, ENGLAND lady, handsome, cultivated,
!M,0.os;st;bls-to ~" tho chaplain, anyhow
la,;o;t.a, nv offices to go with her to the
su,,o sarsrnor to ask for his pardon. had to
su,h g. tn her: :'No, madam, there are hum
~. s.x, yocn here more deserving Of q par
~ w thon your husband. will introduce
-o,, IN the governor, but will not intercedc
t,r tho partlon Of your husband I took
no nrecaution to go to the governor in adj
..nco and explain to him tho situation.
s.e nrescntcd q certificate from the prison
,hvsician. The governor read it slowly:
sChorlcs W, convicted. at such time
and placc, of the crime OF larceny Of a
horse and buggy, is now under conviction
for his first offc,,se, and he is III imminent
Danger OF c-e-r-e-h ->--spinal-n-e-n-
,nenn-,,,cnng-i-t-!-S. +" At ouce ho cN-
claimed: st;ool heavens! has he get all
thnts Let him got" His clerk made out
,te necessary papers for the prisoner; re-
lease 1t required four n,c;l to hold him
m the prison hospital and four men to
take him from the hospital to he carriage.
A half an hour later found him lying IL
bad in tho fourth story of 4 hotel, having
walked up stairs without any assistance
whatever.
A HUNDRED BURGLAEIEs.
once had the pleasure Of making IL
visit, with the governor of the state Of
Illinois, to tho penitentiary ut .JCilct.
There was confined in it at the time Il very
noted burglar from the city Of Chicago
The governor had promised that he would
have some conversation with him in re-
gard to AL alibi which he claimed to he
able to prove, and which would establish
his innocence Of the crime of which he had
been convicted. had some Impression of
the character OF this man when I saw the
warden, on sending for him, ope,, !. drawer
In his desk, take out Il revolver, and put
it in his pocket. The prisoner was brought
in, and the governor listened to the tale of
his alibi. At its conclusion no inquired:
"flow many burglaries have you ever
sommitted:'
II don't know, governor. never kept
count. suppose about hundred"
"You have been very bad man."
"Who says so, g0vernor?''
The governor was taken somewhat
aback, and answerel "The newspapers. y
"Why, governor, have seen your
name III the newspapers once or twice.
II they will say such things about man
in your position, what must he expected
of man In miner'
He went OH to remark that he need
have no hesitation in granting him par.
ION, for, though he made no professions
rcpentance-it would be absurd to do
that-he had come to tho conclusion,
while In prison, that u lfo of crime does
not pay. Hc had tried it. He had been
all his life burglar, he had robbed
banks, no had had hundreds of thousands
ct dollars pass through his hands and HI
was just " poor ~ when no begun; and
having come to that conclusion, Il, fell
tnat the governor might safely l.. .s<
aim, since he fully meant to quit tht
euslness and follow s0no other pursuit
tor living.
4 LEGITIMATE VOCATION.
But, in so far as burglary in itself wa
concerned, he wished him to understand
that no regarded it as just as lcgitimat,
avocation in life rs the practice of law
q OF medicine-Or the preaching of tn
Gospel.
The governor asked: "IIow do yo'
make that out?''
why, property has certain rights
powers and privileges. It must hav
corresponding obligations, and the frs
suty OF property Is to take care of itself
~ IN a country neighborhood there ar
s,ltee !, stores doing q general business, an
There is not business enough to suppor
more than two merchants families, wl,a
nappens' Two Of those merchants com
sloc against the third, and by u iu.liciou
application Of the laws of trade, the
ar've him out Of business and divert I
snelr own pockets the profits which h
etherwise would have made. Everybotl
says that is right. Now, what differenc
noes 1t make whether this Is done by
yudlcious use of the laws of trade or by
more summary process? Why, governor
you Know very we'll that there arc a grea
uahy men in this world who arc rich wh
..aN uave no more right to what they hav
shan you or ~
~, DO l understand" said the goycrno,